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Coast Guard: 2 dead in shooting at Alaska station
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April 13, 2012, Friday
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TWO Coast Guard members were fatally shot yesterday at a communications station on an island off Alaska in what officials said appeared to be a double homicide. They have yet to identify a suspect.
The victims were found at their work areas inside the Kodiak Island station early yesterday by another Coast Guard member, spokeswoman Sara Francis said.
Officials believe a third person was involved in the shooting, she said, adding the rest of the roughly 60 enlisted personnel and civilians working at the station have been accounted for.
Capt Jesse Moore, commanding officer of the Coast Guard base on Kodiak, said the shootings likely occurred sometime between 7am and 8am, soon after the two victims arrived for work inside one of the communication station buildings.
The captain said he was not aware of any threats or anything else that might have indicated problems at the station. The station is equipped with security cameras, but it was not yet known if they captured any evidence, he said.
Moore said the base was "deeply saddened" by the loss of two shipmates.
After the shooting, security was increased at the base, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) from the island's largest city of Kodiak. Officials called on the city's 6,300 or so residents to remain calm and vigilant.
Francis said added security was in place at the base and an adjacent school.
The victims were found at their work areas inside the Kodiak Island station early yesterday by another Coast Guard member, spokeswoman Sara Francis said.
Officials believe a third person was involved in the shooting, she said, adding the rest of the roughly 60 enlisted personnel and civilians working at the station have been accounted for.
Capt Jesse Moore, commanding officer of the Coast Guard base on Kodiak, said the shootings likely occurred sometime between 7am and 8am, soon after the two victims arrived for work inside one of the communication station buildings.
The captain said he was not aware of any threats or anything else that might have indicated problems at the station. The station is equipped with security cameras, but it was not yet known if they captured any evidence, he said.
Moore said the base was "deeply saddened" by the loss of two shipmates.
After the shooting, security was increased at the base, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) from the island's largest city of Kodiak. Officials called on the city's 6,300 or so residents to remain calm and vigilant.
Francis said added security was in place at the base and an adjacent school.
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